Overview
You’ll gain valuable skills to develop curriculum, design learning environments, and to build and maintain partnerships to better support students with the M.Ed. in Special Education at the American College of Education.
Key Features
- You’ll take a total of twelve courses. Seven courses (most students take one at a time) center around special education. In your coursework, you’ll explore ethical practices and standards in special education, building collaborative relationships, and assessment and evaluation in special education. You’ll also take one course in classroom management and one course in research. Each course is five weeks long.
- Your chosen focus of study comprises three courses to align with your goals. Choose from Differentiated Instruction, Early Childhood Education, or General Special Education. Alternatively, you can customize your own General Track by selecting the courses that interest you most.
- Differentiated Instruction
- Early Childhood Education
- General Special Education
- General Track
- At the end of the program, you’ll complete a capstone course to demonstrate and document the impact of the knowledge you’ve gained throughout the program.
Accreditation
Higher Learning Commission
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Principles and Practices of Classroom Management
- Research and Applied Behavioral Analysis in the Special Education Classroom
- Developmental Characteristics of Exceptional Learners
- Strategies for Teaching Diverse Learners
- Assessment and Evaluation in Special Education
- Building Collaborative Relationships
- Law and Policy in Special Education
- Ethical Practices and Standards in Special Education
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 17 months
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Education Special Education Early Childhood Education View 461 other Masters in Special Education in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Submit the nonrefundable application fee
- Provide official transcripts from a regionally accredited institution indicating successful completion of the level of education required for entry to the program
- Bachelor's or Highest Post-Baccalaureate degree earned from a Regionally Accredited Institution
- Minimum grade point average cumulative 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for full admission
- Minimum cumulative grade point average 2.0 on a 4.0 scale for provisional admission
- International applicants must request the course-by-course evaluation. The evaluation report must show that the non-U.S. education is equivalent to the education/accreditation level required for the program
Tuition Fee
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International
5640 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7990 USD for the full programme during 17 months. -
National
5640 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7990 USD for the full programme during 17 months. -
In-State
5640 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7990 USD for the full programme during 17 months.
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